#538CD7#538CD7

#538CD7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.129 H 255.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538CD7
RGB	rgb(83, 140, 215)
HSL	hsl(214, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 34.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, 4.18, -44.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 44.22, 275.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.0313 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.129 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2067, 25.4991, 67.8703)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538CD7 #D79E53

analogous

#53CED7 #538CD7 #5C53D7

triadic

#538CD7 #D7538C #8CD753

tetradic

#538CD7 #D753CE #D79E53 #53D75C

square

#538CD7 #D753CE #D79E53 #53D75C

split-complementary

#538CD7 #D75C53 #CED753

monochromatic

#21508E #2D6CC0 #538CD7 #85ADE3 #B6CEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#538CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#538CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538CD7

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538CD7	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C91DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A85D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 140, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.129 255.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eade3',
    500: '#538cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538cd7;
$custom-light: #8eade3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.091,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63492,
    "c": 0.12857,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538CD7

secondary

#DDC6A9

accent

#9F42E5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F2F4FB

border

#CCCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #538CD7

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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